Beirut holds funeral for Lebanese legislator slain in blast

  • 12/15/2022
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 14, SPA -- Thousands of Lebanese bade farewell on Thursday to victims of a powerful car bombing that killed a prominent legislator and nine other people as the government _ reeling from another blow targeting its supporters _ sought international help. Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has called for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers and the international community to assist in the investigation of Walid Eido's assassination near a popular waterfront promenade in the Lebanese capital, the Associated Press reported. The bomb ripped through Eido's car Wednesday as he drove from a seaside sports club, also killing his 35-year-old son, two bodyguards and six passers-by. Before noon Thursday, his body, that of his son and abodyguard were taken in ambulances, covered with Lebanese flags, from the American University Hospital in West Beirut to the Verdun neighborhood where the slain politician lived.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/458723

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